Staff / TruthdigApr 22, 2008
Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli is said to be leaving his post after 24 years at the paper -- an unexpected development that media-watchers are attributing to conflict over new owner Rupert Murdoch's plans for the newspaper. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 14, 2007
It's a big week for big media: First, Dow Jones & Co. officially approved Rupert Murdoch's takeover of The Wall Street Journal, and now Lew Rockwell is reporting that Mitt Romney's private equity firm is buying radio behemoth Clear Channel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 12, 2007
Change is afoot at the Wall Street Journal. As of Wednesday, mega-mogul Rupert Murdoch is just a day shy of officially owning The Journal (although shareholders haven't officially signed off on the sale yet), but he's already looming large at the paper's Dow Jones & Co. headquarters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigAug 16, 2007
For those of us who are alarmed by Google Maps' satellite-generated views of our homes and favorite stomping grounds, a recent decision made by Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell ought to stand some hairs on end. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 1, 2007
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has long coveted The Wall Street Journal and has now reached a deal to buy parent company Dow Jones & Co. Many employees of the iconic paper and two board members who resigned expressed fears that the conservative Murdoch would damage the Journal's objectivity and journalistic integrity, as with previous conquests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 24, 2007
Could the veteran of rough-and-tumble tabloid journalism with dubious ethics be the only appropriate buyer for the fabled newspaper? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 6, 2007
A weekly British business magazine, appropriately named The Business, reported Friday that media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had successfully added Dow Jones & Co. Inc. to his News Corp. empire, but other sources insist the deal is not yet sealed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 2, 2007
Media icon Bill Moyers objects not just to Rupert Murdoch's politics but to the damage he says the mogul has done to the ailing Fourth Estate And in this critique, the venerable journalist doesn't hold back: "If Rupert Murdoch were the angel Gabriel, you still wouldn't want him owning the sun, the moon and the stars But Rupert Murdoch is no saint He is to propriety what the Marquis de Sade was to chastity". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2007
From $50 for a list of suggestions to $475 for a numerologist to test the positive and negative associations of a certain name, the baby name business is booming. Sociologists and name researchers are reporting an increase in the level of stress that parents-to-be experience when choosing baby names, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 22, 2007
Angelina Jolie and paramour Brad Pitt hit the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of their latest joint effort, "A Mighty Heart," which focuses on Mariane Pearl, played by Jolie, as she weathers the abduction and murder of her husband, American journalist Daniel Pearl, in 2002. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMay 17, 2007
While Rupert Murdoch is as conscious of his image as any other legendary villain, he also seems to possess a sense of humor -- or at least somebody around him does. Early in his ongoing bid to take over Dow Jones Publishing and The Wall Street Journal, a Murdoch spokesman said that the media mogul would reassure those who may fear for the paper's independence and integrity with all of the "necessary promises." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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